Report: Russia and Iran planning Iranian drone facility in Russia

Israel National News reports: “Moscow and Tehran are moving ahead with plans to build a new factory in Russia that could make at least 6,000 Iranian-designed drones for the war in Ukraine, officials from a country aligned with the US told The Wall Street Journal on Sunday.

As part of their emerging military alliance, the officials said, a high-level Iranian delegation flew to Russia in early January to visit the planned site for the factory and hammer out details to get the project up-and-running.

The two countries are aiming to build a faster drone that could pose new challenges for Ukrainian air defenses, the officials said.

In July, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the US had intelligence indicating that Russia is looking to Iran for UAVs…”

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